EXTERNAL LINKS
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
"The Center for Middle Eastern Studies was founded in 1954 for the purpose of furthering the study of the Middle East at Harvard University. This mandate features a primary emphasis on the centuries since the rise of Islam and a concern with the wider Islamic world. CMES serves Harvard as the coordinating body and the primary source of support for the various courses and academic programs that cover the vast region from Morocco and North Africa to Turkey and Iran."
Center for the Study of World Religions
"The Center for the Study of World Religions is an academic community for interdisciplinary, international, and interreligious exchange, learning, research, and dialogue. Through conferences, symposia, film series, public lectures, and faculty research projects, it brings the rich intellectual resources of faculty and students across the schools and departments of Harvard University to bear on the forms and issues of the world's religions in today's complex, global, and changing world."
Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations
"The Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University is a university-wide center for the study of nonprofit organizations and civil society. The Hauser Center seeks to expand understanding and accelerate critical thinking about the leadership of nonprofit and non-governmental organizations through the key goals of research, education, and practice."
"The Islam in the West Program aims to contribute to the global debate on Islam through an in-depth examination of the religious, political, and social situations of American and European Muslims, and by illuminating the relationships of these communities with the Muslim world at large."
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
"The Center is the largest international research center within Harvard University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The Center is structured to encourage the highest practical level of personal and intellectual interaction among a diverse community of scholars and practitioners. It is distinctive in its recognition that knowledge is a product not only of individual academic research, but also of vigorous, sustained intellectual dialogue among scholars and nonacademic experts. To stimulate this dialogue, the Center sponsors a wide array of seminars, research programs, workshops, and conferences."
